Job Information
Leidos Cloud Solution Architect / Engineer in Remote, United States
Description
Leidos had a career opening for a Cloud Solution Architect / Engineer.
Our capability incubation team is a specialized, agile unit within our CTO team focused on rapidly conducting proof of concepts, developing, testing, and maturing new business concepts and technologies. It bridges the gap between ideation and formal validation before integration ready for production deployment using iterative short-cycles (2–4 weeks on average, 1-3 months for larger projects).
Key Responsibilities include
Exploring solution options to solve the defined problems / opportunities
Identifying and exploring industry solutions
Recommending a solution approach and / or industry tools
Documenting the assessment method and evaluation results
•Developing the High-Level Designs
•Architect hybrid-cloud solutions
•Develop High-Level Designs engineering and operations team will utilize
•Evaluating new technologies and staying current with a broad range of industry solutions
•Onboarding POC vendors including but not limited to risk assessment, compliance assessment and remediation plans/ investments required to make the solution viable
•Deployment of green- and brown-field cloud environments in both AWS and Azure across both commercial and government platforms
•Design of enterprise-scale cloud migrations, including multi-terabyte data transfers with over-the-wire delta syncing to ensure minimal downtime
•Developer-focused mindset enabling custom integrations with tools such as Okta, GitHub, and Terraform for automated infrastructure provisioning
•Strong requirements gathering and understanding skills driving the design of large systems for global use
•Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders enabling consistent messaging and detailed requirements
•Global cloud deployment of multiple levels (GCC, GovCloud, Commercial, etc)
Experience
•BS degree and 12+ years of experience. Additional years experience ay be used in lie of a degree.
•5+ years’ experience designing new solutions and 10+ industry experience
•Background as an engineer
•Health industry experiences an advantage
•Cloud multi-governance level experience (GCC, GovCloud, Commercial, etc)
•Azure and AWS experience
Qualities
•Self-motivated and focused on delivering outcomes
•Resilient with the ability to find innovative ways around against roadblocks
•Enthusiasm and curiosity to explore and pick up new technologies and concepts
•Can work in an iterative way starting with ambiguity and loosely structured requirements
•Thrive in fast paced, high change environments
•Can work independently
•Fosters an inclusive team environment
•Refined presentation and communication skills with ability to tailor message to the audience
Industry Certification
•AWS Solutions Architect - Professional
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Original Posting:
February 19, 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
Pay and Benefits
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.